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Confederate battery on James River above Dutch Gap [Howlett House, Trent's Reach]. [April 1865 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0382 Author/Creator: Place Written: Dutch Gap, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1865/04 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 10.8 x 12.7 cm Order a Copy

Title from inscription on verso. A Federal soldier stands behind the canon. The gun barrel is raised as if to fire over the parrapet. A heavy rope hangs from the gun.

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